Tickets on sale for spring migration cruises to Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge

PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are on sale for spring migration cruises to the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge on two upcoming Saturdays, April 23 and April 30.

The cruises, hosted by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. aboard the Puget Sound Express vessel The Glacier Spirit, departing from Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend.

Ticket prices

The cost is $60 for members of the marine science center, the Audubon Society, the Burke Museum or the Washington Ornithological Society, and $80 for others.

Aboard the boat will be science center naturalist Roger Risley, who will provide commentary on the history of Protection Island and the seabirds and marine life that make the island their home.

In bad weather, the cruise might go to the Oak Bay/Port Ludlow area.

Proceeds from the cruises benefit the marine science center’s educational programs.

For more information, email info@ptmsc.org, call 360-385-5582 or see www.ptmsc.org/cruises.

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